The New Kinship : : Constructing Donor-Conceived Families / / Naomi R. Cahn.
No federal law in the United States requires that egg or sperm donors or recipients exchange any information with the offspring that result from the donation. Donors typically enter into contracts with fertility clinics or sperm banks which promise them anonymity. The parents may know thedonor’s hai...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Families, Law, and Society ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Explorations: the meaning of family and the terrain of the donor world
- 1. Peopling the donor world
- 2. The meaning of family in a changing world
- Part II. Creating donor-conceived families and communities
- 3. Creating families
- 4. Creating communities across families
- Part III. The law and donor families
- 5. The laws of the donor world: parents and children
- 6. Law, adoption, and family secrets: disclosure and incest
- Part IV. To regulate or not?
- 7. Reasons to regulate
- 8. Regulating for connection
- 9. Regulating for health and safety: setting limits in the gamete world
- 10. Why not to regulate
- Conclusion. Challenging and creating kinship
- Notes
- Index
- About the author